Excess Belt Loops

ABSTRACT

A system of holding belt curvature that extends away from an individual&#39;s body having a set of loops of material. The loops are formed from longitudinal strips of material that are sewn end to end. Once sewn they are slid into place along the length of a belt. To provide flexibility another embodiment has an elastic material strip sewn between either end of the first strip of material.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No.61/663,560 filed Jun. 23, 2012.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to devices that assist the closure ofwaist holding devices such as a belt or sash.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

FIGS. 1 a and 1 b represent prior art problems with regards to belts. Anindividual such as a woman 100 as shown in FIG. 1 a or a man 100 asshown in FIG. 1 b is shown having a belt 110 wrapped about theirrespective waists. Belts are usually made from many different forms ofmaterial such as leather, heavy cloth, vinyls or similar suitablematerials. Typically, a belt has a buckle arranged at one end to receivethe other end of the belt made of the aforementioned materials throughthe buckle and locked by a swiveling pin, contact friction or similaraction; this locks the belt in place as shown.

Additionally, a ring of material 130 is partially formed with one end ofa strip of material sewn generally to the top of the belt and the otherend of the strip of material sewn to the bottom of the belt; either endsmay be sewn to the back of the belt as well. Thus, a cavity has beenformed whereby the front of the belt may slide therethrough and proceedoutwards. However, a problem arises when the belt is so large that thereis an excess of material 120 that simply hangs from the woman FIG. 1 aor the man's 1 b waist so far that it presents an unattractiveappearance as well as being a nuisance as it hits the sides of theperson. Thus, there needs to be some mechanism to overcome the problemsof the aforementioned.

Accordingly, there remains a need in the art for a way to stop theappearance of unattractive excess belt curvature protruding away fromthe body.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention overcomes the deficiencies of the known art andthe problems that remain unsolved in the art as follows:

In a first embodiment, an excess belt control device comprising:

-   a belt having    -   a strip of material formed between two ends wherein one of the        ends has a belt locking device and-   a second strip of material having two ends that attach to each other    formed in the shape of a loop.

In another aspect, wherein the second strip of material is from thegroup consisting of: a leather, vinyl, heavy cloth, rubber strips, manmade material, and natural material.

In another aspect, wherein the belt is inserted in the second strip ofmaterial.

In another aspect, wherein there are a plurality of second strips ofmaterial.

In another aspect, wherein the second strip of material furthercomprises:

-   an elastic piece of material attached between the ends of the loop.

In a second embodiment, a belt closing device comprising:

-   a belt having    -   a strip of material formed between two ends wherein one of the        ends has a belt locking device and-   a second strip of material having two ends wherein each end is    attached to    -   a third strip of material having two ends such that each end of        the third strip of material is attached to an end of the second        strip of material such that the second strip along with the        third strip forms a loop that is threaded through the belt.

In another aspect, wherein the second strip of material is from thegroup consisting of: a leather, vinyl, heavy cloth, rubber strips, manmade material, and natural material.

In another aspect, wherein the third strip of material is from the groupconsisting of: elastic materials and rubber materials.

These and other aspects, features, and advantages of the presentinvention will become more readily apparent from the attached drawingsand the detailed description of the preferred embodiments, which follow.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The preferred embodiments of the invention will hereinafter be describedin conjunction with the appended drawings provided to illustrate and notto limit the invention, in which:

FIGS. 1 a and 1 b represent prior art problems with regards to belts. Anindividual such as a woman as shown in FIG. 1 a or a man as shown inFIG. 1 b are shown having a belt wrapped about their respective waists.The problem of excessive belt curvature hanging away from body is showntherein.

FIG. 2 a represents a solution to the excessive portion of belt materialthat hangs from the individual's waist. A belt loop is added to restrainthe excess hanging curvature of the belt. FIG. 2 b shows closeups of howa user utilizes an embodiment of the belt loops to restrict the hangingof an excess portion of the belt.

Like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the several viewsof the drawings.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The following detailed description is merely exemplary in nature and isnot intended to limit the described embodiments or the application anduses of the described embodiments. As used herein, the word “exemplary”or “illustrative” means “serving as an example, instance, orillustration.” All of the implementations described below are exemplaryimplementations provided to enable persons skilled in the art to make oruse the embodiments of the disclosure and are not intended to limit thescope of the disclosure, which is defined by the claims. For purposes ofdescription herein, the terms “upper”, “lower”, “left”, “rear”, “right”,“front”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, and derivatives thereof shall relateto the invention as oriented in the individual figure. Furthermore,there is no intention to be bound by any expressed or implied theorypresented in the preceding technical field, background, brief summary orthe following detailed description. It is also to be understood that thespecific devices and processes illustrated in the attached drawings, anddescribed in the following specification, are simply exemplaryembodiments of the inventive concepts defined in the appended claims.Hence, specific dimensions and other physical characteristics relatingto the embodiments disclosed herein are not to be considered aslimiting, unless the claims expressly state otherwise.

FIG. 2A represents a solution to the excessive portion of belt materialthat hangs from the individual's waist. Again a belt of suitablematerial such as leather, heavy cloth, vinyl or similar material isshown 200. The belt has a buckle 210 with swiveling action and excessmaterial 220 that is to be corrected by applicant's innovations. Inparticular, strips of materials have been formed into rings or loops 230by sewing (or melting) the ends of the strips of materials end to end.The strips of materials are made from leather, vinyl, heavy cloth,rubber strips or similar man made or natural materials. A ring ofmaterial is shown in closeup as ring 240. This ring can have sayings,decorations, color and similar attributes.

The most important part of the instant embodiment is, however, that theloops 230 are threaded onto the excess 220 of belt 200 as shown in 250of FIG. 2A. Before tying the belt on his or her waist, an individualensures that he has some of the rings of material 230 ready forinsertion. The user inserts the loop through the non-buckle side of thebelt to the mid-point of the belt until it arrives near the buckle sideof the belt as shown in 250 where the hand is. He or she places thoserings 230 close to the buckle or end of the belt having the lockingdevice; this is accomplished by threading the belt through the rings orloops 230 until they reach locking end (buckle area). Then the userthreads the belts about the waist and into any preexisting loops thatare built into the pants or skirts. Typically, there is an excess ofmaterial as shown in FIG. 2B 260; then the user simply slides the rings230 or loops onto the excess belt material 220 to its final place 270 asshown by threading the excess portion of 260 into the loop 230 therebygrasping the excess material. So the process can be summed up as a groupof steps comprising:

Overall Process

1—cutting a piece of material into an oblong strip of appropriate sizefor a particular size and type of belt such that the strip of materialhas two small ends;

2—connecting the two small ends end to end to form a loop of material bysewing the ends or melting them depending on the type of material;

3—threading the front of a belt (non-buckle side) into loop(s);

4—move the loop(s) through the belt until it arrives near the buckle asnear to the buckle as will be necessary to engage the excess holdingaction of the loop;

5—placing the belt into any pants or skirt loops built into the pants orskirt and tying the belt about the pants or skirt as normally;

6—engaging the excess loop action by threading the excess portion of thebelt into the loop(s). Optionally step ‘5’ is replaced with:

OPTIONAL step ‘5’: placing the belt on top of a blouse or into any pantsor skirt loops built into the pants or skirt and tying the belt aboutthe pants or skirt as normally;

FINAL CONSIDERATION: An elastic rubber band is optionally insertedbetween the two ends of material intended to be formed into a loop; theband is sewn (melted) at either end into the respective ends of the twoends of material intended to be formed into a loop. The elastic band ismade from a typical rubber material used in elastic clothing such aswaist bands or underwear.

Thus, novel mechanisms have been described that overcome thedeficiencies found in the prior art.

What is claimed is:
 1. An excess belt control device comprising: a belthaving a strip of material formed between two ends wherein one of theends has a belt locking device and a second strip of material having twoends that attach to each other formed in the shape of a loop.
 2. Theexcess belt control device of claim 1, wherein the second strip ofmaterial is from the group consisting of: a leather, vinyl, heavy cloth,rubber strips, man made material, and natural material.
 3. The excessbelt control device of claim 1, wherein the belt is inserted in thesecond strip of material.
 4. The excess belt control device of claim 1,wherein there are a plurality of second strips of material.
 5. Theexcess belt control device of claim 1, wherein the second strip ofmaterial further comprises: an elastic piece of material attachedbetween the ends of the loop.
 6. A belt closing device comprising: abelt having a strip of material formed between two ends wherein one ofthe ends has a belt locking device and a second strip of material havingtwo ends wherein each end is attached to a third strip of materialhaving two ends such that each end of the third strip of material isattached to an end of the second strip of material such that the secondstrip along with the third strip forms a loop that is threaded throughthe belt.
 7. The belt closing device of claim 6, wherein the secondstrip of material is from the group consisting of: a leather, vinyl,heavy cloth, rubber strips, man made material, and natural material. 8.The belt closing device of claim 6, wherein the third strip of materialis from the group consisting of: elastic materials and rubber materials.